Category Archives: Seafood

You might say it was a risk entrusting me to plan our trip to Rome (and then on to Venice). I had been to Venice for one day, and Rome never – and Therese had visited Venice many times and … Continue reading →

The Sunday before Valentine’s Day this year was a chance for us to visit Baltimore’s Walters Museum (my first time there). Unlike the day before, when we got to spend time with our friend Faith (as we saw both the … Continue reading →

The benefit of staying at our Rouen apartment (or gite), Au Petit Robec, was two-fold. On the one hand, its location was perfect, with many good restaurants very close by like Le Rocher and La Walsheim. On the other hand, … Continue reading →

On Saturday, July 2nd, the end of our first week in Rouen, France last summer, we had a rather quiet day, but we did manage to get out and visit a museum. We had a quiet morning, eating breakfast in … Continue reading →

Weeknights in New York City can be a challenge. Of course, we can always rely on whatever happens to be in our refrigerator, and I love to cook. But we get bored with eating the usual seven favorite recipes, and … Continue reading →

We were very thrilled to spend Veterans Day weekend in Providence, Rhode Island. I don’t remember what originally compelled us to want to visit Providence – perhaps the fact that whenever we ride Amtrak to Boston, we go through it, … Continue reading →

The center of our Charleston weekend of tours of homes and gardens was a Saturday full of activity. We had already spent the morning experiencing Diggity Doughnuts and the afternoon having lunch at 82 Queen followed by a tour of … Continue reading →